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Beschreibung

The Fw 200 Condor first made an appearance over Norway in April 1940, flying with the unit that eventually become synonymous with it: Kampfgeschwader 40. As the war in the west progressed and German forces advanced, French airfields opened up, allowing the Condor to fly around the United Kingdom and out into the Atlantic, where it rapidly established itself as one of the key menaces to Allied shipping. Able to attack shipping directly or to guide U-boats to their prey, the Condor scored its first major success when it crippled the liner Empress of Great Britain.

But the tables were to turn on the "Scourge of the Atlantic" as mechanical failures induced by their harsh operating environment and changes in Allied tactics began to take a toll. Since it was vulnerable to aerial attack, the deployment of Allied carriers and their associated fighters combined with the introduction of more long-range maritime patrol aircraft, exposed the Condor's deficiencies. Packed with rare first-hand accounts, profile artwork, and photographs, this is the history of one of the unsung types that took to the skies during World War II.

The Fw 200 Condor first made an appearance over Norway in April 1940, flying with the unit that eventually become synonymous with it: Kampfgeschwader 40. As the war in the west progressed and German forces advanced, French airfields opened up, allowing the Condor to fly around the United Kingdom and out into the Atlantic, where it rapidly established itself as one of the key menaces to Allied shipping. Able to attack shipping directly or to guide U-boats to their prey, the Condor scored its first major success when it crippled the liner Empress of Great Britain.

But the tables were to turn on the "Scourge of the Atlantic" as mechanical failures induced by their harsh operating environment and changes in Allied tactics began to take a toll. Since it was vulnerable to aerial attack, the deployment of Allied carriers and their associated fighters combined with the introduction of more long-range maritime patrol aircraft, exposed the Condor's deficiencies. Packed with rare first-hand accounts, profile artwork, and photographs, this is the history of one of the unsung types that took to the skies during World War II.

Über den Autor
Chris Goss is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer who specialised in the 1939-45 air war over northwest Europe and Luftwaffe air operations. He owns a collection of original wartime material and photographs as a result of interviews with veterans and their families. Chris has written more than 25 books that have been critically acclaimed for their research and been published in Swedish, Hungarian, Spanish and Czech as well as in English. He has written three books for Osprey.
Zusammenfassung
Features a wide and varied selection of photographs of pilots and planes alike.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

To War
1941 - Battle of the Atlantic Begins
1942 - Changes
1943 - Beginning of the End
1944 - Nowhere to Hide

Appendices
Colour Plates Commentary
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472812674
ISBN-10: 1472812670
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Goss, Chris
Illustrator: Davey, Chris
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 246 x 184 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Chris Goss
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.08.2016
Gewicht: 0,31 kg
Artikel-ID: 104259076